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Peanut's 3X Double-Elimination Singles Tournament

Basically, it is bracket-type tournament with each round being itself a double-elimination series. All 64 players will be grouped by 4 and the winner of each group will be the winner of the double-elimination round and move on to the following round in another group with 3 other winners. Note that elimination doesn't mean a loss in a single game but rather in a set of games against one opponent (i.e. best of 3). You can lose no more than one set of games per round.

The tournament winner will therefore have to win 3 consecutive 4-player double-elimination brackets.

Each player must choose a home map when they sign up.

For those unfamiliar with a double-elimination bracket, here is the format for 4 players (which we will be using).

How the tournament worksRound 164 players grouped in 4s randomly.Double-elimination brackets for each group (see diagram above).5 games at a time (2 on each home map, 1 on random map).Match-up winner determined by best of 5.Winner of the bracket moves on to the next round.

Round 216 players grouped in 4s by ranking (see below).Double-elimination brackets for each group (see diagram above).7 games at a time (3 on each home map, 1 on random map).Match-up winner determined by best of 7.Winner of the bracket moves on to the next round.

Round 34 finalists in the same group.Double-elimination brackets (see diagram above).9 games at a time (3 on each home map, 3 on random maps).Match-up winner determined by best of 9.Winner of the bracket claims victory in the tournament!

*Note that I will use the term Match-up to mean the series best of X, and game to mean an individual game. For example, in the first round, each match-up consists of 5 games.Tiebreaker amongst the various brackets (i.e. for all 2nd places in Round 1, all 4 places in Round 2) :